Lurker_hlb3
Operation Monsun
V100
"Operation Monsun" (OM) will present a semi-historical recreation of the deployment of German U-Boats to the Far East. The approach used to create this mod is along the same lines as RSRDC, give the SH4 users as close to historical immersion as can be made within the limits of Silent Hunter 4. To accomplish this goal a major rewrite to all files related to the U-Boat Campaign was accomplished, and provides the following:
- Initial deployment of U-boats from Lorient, France, 3 July 43 to 27 Aug 43, in which you must transit to the Indian Ocean, conduct a combat patrol in one of the same areas used by units enroute to Penang.
- From 27 Aug 43 to 30 Aug 44, you will operate out of Penang conducting combat operations in the traditional OpAreas of the Northern/Western IO.
- After the decision to move the U-Boat home base from Penang, operations will be conducted from Djakarta starting on 1 Sept 44 through the remainder of the war.
When starting up a U-Boat campaign, you're going to notice the following:
- There are no "upgrades" any kind. Why? There were no "upgrades" for any of the real U-Boats that deployed to the IO.
- You will not see any "fantasy" Type XVIII U-Boats.
- You will not see any "fantasy" special operations missions.
- You will not see any "fantasy" IJN Task Force operations in the IO.
- You will see that your Type IXC/40 & IXD2 are provided with FuMO 61 Radar and FuMB 1 ESM equipment. This is not 100% historical, but to provide the player with a better game play experience. You will also only have G7A and G7E torpedoes as your choice of weapons.
- You will get the uses of the Fw200's of III/KG40 and the JU290's of 1./***r. 5 to "scout" the way across the Bay of Biscay when you leave Lorient. You also get to use the two Ar196's from the base at Penang. These Ar196's are from German Commerce Raider that deployed to the IO early in the war. You will also get to use IJN air assets that are based in Djakarta.
- You will see semi-historical convoy and single merchant shipping routes for the IO and Atlantic.
- You get "dogged" by RAF Coastal Command search aircraft as you attempt to cross the "Bay of Biscay. You're going to have to worry about all the "real world" Coastal Command / RAAF bases that are also in the IO.
- You will not see an "arcade shooting gallery" when you go on patrol. What you're going to have to use is the "real intelligence" briefings and maps that will be provided with OM to find targets. ( found in the Support Directory )
- Your going to see the Eastern/British Fleet return to the IO in early 1944 and start conducting operations in your area, i.e. Operation COCKPIT, TRANSOM, CRIMSON, MILLET, Outflank, LENTIL, Meridian I/II just to name a few.
- You are provided with 6 historical UB missions that were conducted in the IO in 1944/45.
- You are provided with 4 single missions that are "non-historical" and are just to allow the user a chance to go out and sink something in the Atlantic. Your sub will be going up against the North Atlantic shipping that is part of the OM campaign files.
Compatibility
You will need to start a new career after installation and old save games will not be compatible with OM
Install instructions:
Un-like RSRDC there will be only one version of OM, and should be compatible with the SH4 v15 versions of TMO and RFB.
"ALWAYS" install OM "LAST".
Before using OM with TMO, you "MUST" install the TMO_Enable_Uboat_ver3 "FIRST" before you install OM
FAILURE TO FOLLOW THESE INSTRUTIONS WILL CAUSE OM NOT TO RUN CORRECTLY & SH4 TO CTD.
Credit:
LukeFF
- TypeIXD2 files from RFB 1.5
Ducimus & nautilus42
- AI TypeIX from TMO
Ducimus
- Air and Surface Visual Mods (RSRDC)
Sergbuto
- F4F from "Air_Attack_Mod_Part1". Bombs.xxx and Shells.xxx from the library directory. The "BombDummy" loadout to cause aircraft the strafe
WarHunter
- HMS Repulse
Linevitch Dmitriy aka Psy06
- Hudson A-28 3D modeling used as the base for the PV1 / PV2
- Hudson Mk3 for Australian RAAF
Psy06 and Vaa
- Ju-290
macstu23
- Fw200 skin
Miguel Coca
- SH4 Batch Mission Editor v0.4
skwasjer
- S3D - Silent 3ditor
JScones
- Monsun boats research notes
AkbarGulag
- AUMK3.dat file
Beta testers:
jrex53
Wilcke
Rockin Robbins
399nkov
Permissions:
- Absolutely nothing found within the "Operation Monsun" (OM) may be used for any commercial product of any size, shape or form.
- OM is freeware, made by the SH4 modding community. All permissions of individual mods are subject to their author's permissions.
Detail Changes
Air
Added
Martlet (British F4F / FAA)
F4F Wildcat
Mk3 Hudson
Fw200
Ju290
PV1 Ventura
PV2 Harpoon
Liberator MkV (RAF)
Catalina MkIA (RAF/RCAF)
Catalina MkVI (RAF/RCAF)
PBY5
PBY5A
RAAF Catalina
TBF Avenger (USN / FAA)
Changed
Sunderland (add two more bomb nodes and 3 cannon nodes)
Campaign
This is a "MAJOR" rewrite of the CampaignGE directory. This rewrite will provided a historical set of campaign layers for the time period of July 1943 to April 1945. Ever .mis file within CampaignGE has been rewritten and the following is a breakdown of those changes:
XX_US_Merchants: all four layers are imported from RSRDC and provide realistic US Merchant routes.
All-Escorts-Cruisers: Now a zero length file
Allies_AirBases: Has real world RAF Coastal Command air bases that were in the IO and Atlantic. Also real world USN Naval Air Stations and Airfields in the North / South Atlantic.
Allies_CoastTraffic: Rework of coastal traffic around the IO
Allies_Convoys_XX: Complete rewrite using actual convoy codes / routes for the IO covering the time frame of Operation Monsun.
Allies_HarborTraffic: Changes to provide a more historical mix of harbor traffic
Allies_Merchants: Complete rewrite with more historical shipping routes.
All-Taskforces: Complete rewrite. All Major Eastern / British Pacific Fleet operation in 1944/45. Imported IJN fleet ops from RSRDC for SCS / Java Sea and IO that cover the period of Operation Monsun. Imported from my own custom version of SH3, various ASW / HunterKiller groups for the North/Central Atlantic and the IO.
Axis_AirBases: Major Changes i.e. all IJN bases removed except for Djakarta & Penang. Added 1./***r. 5 ( Ju290 ) and III/KG 40 ( Fw200 ) bases in Southern France.
Axis_CoastalTraffic: Revised Coastal / Merchant Traffic
Axis_Convoys_XX and Axies_Merchants_XX: All 12 files are now 0 length files as they are no longer required for Operation Monsun.
Axis_NavalBases: Major revision. Only bases used by Operation Monsun U-boats (Penang, Djakarta, Surabaya, Singapore, Lorient & Bergen) and Southern IO Unrep ships "Brake" and "Charlotte Schliemann".
Jap_HarborTraffic: Major revision to provide more historical mix of harbor traffic.
US_HarborTraffic: changes to support OM
Added the following files to the Campaign directory
Campaign_LOC: Customized version of the file which correct the position of "Penang", and other changes to support Operation Monsun.
Lant_Convoys: Imported selected North / Central / South Atlantic convoy routes from my custom SH3 built and heavily modified to support Operation Monsun.
Lant_Single_Merchants: Imported selected North / Central / South Atlantic single merchant routes from my custom SH3 built and heavily modified to support Operation Monsun.
German_Lant_Single: Imported selected French Coastal, Baltic Sea and Norwegian .Single Merchant routes used by German coastal merchant traffic from my custom SH3 build and heavily modified to support Operation Monsun.
PatrolObjectives:
2/3's of the Patrol Objectives have been "DISABLED" as they were either not within the historical OpArea used by the Operation Monsun U-Boats or are total "fantasy" missions. The remaining Patrol Objectives have been adjusted to more historical areas. Mission briefings have been adjusted similar to the ones in RSRDC.
Added five new objectives to cover the U-boat deployments from France to the IO
CampaignGE.cfg and DynamicMissGe.cfg have been adjusted to support changes made to the above noted files.
Cfg
Changed "MinimumDaysInBaseGE" in the UPC.cfg file from 28 to 50 days based on info from "Hitler's Grey Wolves: U-boats in the Indian Ocean"
AirStrike.cfg from TMO with changes.
Land
Added German JU290, Fw200, Ar196, RAF Coastal Command, USN, RAAF and RCAF Airbases
Library
Added
Guns_radar_UK.xxx ( British MkVII DC Racks & K Guns )
Bombs_UKDC.XXX ( British MkVII an MkXI Airborne Depth Charges )
DepthCharges_UK.XXX ( British MkVII Heavy Depth Charge )
Bombs.XXX ( from RSRDC )
AI_Visual_Sensors.dat ( from RSRDC )
Flag2.dat ( adds Panama flag )
Guns.XXX ( from RSRDC )
Shells_Rck.XXX ( from RSRDC )
Senzori_UBoot.sim (RFB 1.5 plus changes for OM)
Deck_Gun_GEXX.sim (RFB 1.5)
Shells_AB.XXX (Aircraft gun ammo)
Roster
Various changes to support Operation Monsun
Added the following countries
Brazil
Greece
Norway
Panama
South Africa
Sea
Added
Revenge Class BB
Repulse Class Battle Cruisers
Illustrious Class CV
Changes
Changed Depth Charge load outs on all British based DD's / DE's / FF's / Corvettes
Changes air groups for US / UK CV's / CVE's
Fixed missing sonar's / radars for Clemson, Somers, Buckley, Evarts, Rivers and Black Swan class warships
Single Missions
RUM 430701 TYPE IXC40
RUM 430715 TYPE IXC40
RUM 430801 TYPE IXC40
RUM 430815 TYPE IXC40
Single Patrol
RUM 440104 U532
RUM 440207 U168
RUM 440210 U183
RUM 440517 U183
RUM 441019 U181
RUM 441118 U862
Submarines
Added
NSS_Uboat9 (AI Uboat from TMO)
NSS_Uboat9c40 (HumanPlayable)
Changes
NSS_Uboat9d2.cfg
NSS_Uboat9d2.sim
NSS_Uboat9d2.upcge
NSS_Uboat9d2.zon
All from RFB 1.5 with changes to support OM
UPCDataGE
Player now start from one of the 3 following bases
1 July 43 to 27 Aug. 43 – Lorient, France
This covers the deployment of U-Boats from France to Penang
28 Aug 43 to 30 Aug 44 – Penang, Malaysia
This covers the initial operation of U-boats in the IO
1 Sept 44 to end of war – Djakarta
This covers the final operations of Operation Monsun
You will have the Type IX C/40 & Type IX D2 to command.
No Upgrades
References
"Hitler's Grey Wolves: U-boats in the Indian Ocean"
http://www.warsailors.com/convoys/index.html
http://uboat.net/ops/
http://www.uboatarchive.net/BDUKTB.htm
http://www.ubootwaffe.net/index.html
http://www.convoyweb.org.uk/index.html?home.htm~convoymain
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Pacific_Fleet
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...rn_Fleet_ships
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Eastern_Fleet
http://pacific.valka.cz/forces/index.htm
http://www.history.navy.mil/branches/dictvol2.htm
http://www.awm.gov.au/histories/volume.asp?conflict=2
http://www.navy.gov.au/spc/maritimepapers/piama15
http://www.rafcommands.com/Coastal/indexC.html
http://ibiblio.org/hyperwar/ETO/Ultr...SRH008-14.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:RAAF_squadrons
Link
http://files.filefront.com/OpsMonsun.../fileinfo.html
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